Mohamed Sorie Forna

Mohamed Sorie Forna (25 November 1935 – 19 July 1975) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor, politician, Member of Parliament, and Minister of Finance who was active in the politics of Sierra Leone in the 1960s and 1970s.

Forna was the youngest Sierra Leonean to be appointed as Minister of Finance.

His father, Roke Forna, was the traditional chief of the Kholifa Mamunta-Mayossoh Chiefdom. His mother, Ndora, was also of Temne origin and was the great-granddaughter of a Temne chief.

Education and medical career

Mohamed Forna was educated at the Bo School in Bo, Sierra Leone.

Forna subsequently received a government scholarship to pursue medical studies in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1956.